Ken Utsui Movies

Japanese comedy film.

Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...

University student Keisuke returns to his hometown during his summer holiday and takes a part-time job at a run-down movie theater. However, his boss...

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.

1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho.

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Japanese comedy film.

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, he meets a...

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.

The 6th Super Giant film. Although he was believed to be destroyed by the Nazi-like army, Super Giant breaks into the satellite, and a long, riotous...

Japanese comedy film.

Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique...

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.